Chapter 314 Death in War
When the flying messenger of the Chinese army was sent to Sun Meng, the captain of the Tun Cavalry School, the son of a famous scholar was cruising on the left flank of the army with his proud 800 cavalry.
Shisun Meng is not an ordinary person. To be precise, his father Shisun Rui is not an ordinary person.
Fufeng, who was born in the Jingzhao family of the Shisun family, could not be said to be a high-ranking county official. However, the reputation of the scholar Sun Rui is very high. His young master, Xi Jinping, is knowledgeable in everything and has long been known as the Fufeng Scholar.
Although he was unwilling to take up the official position, his son Sun Meng, a scholar, took over the position of Lang Guan early. The latter scholar Sun Meng was appreciated by Liu Hong for his literary rhetoric, and went all the way up to the rank of Tunqi Xiaowei, who was more than two thousand stones in weight, and pursued his father.
When the message was delivered and the Chinese army ordered him to return to support the retreat, the scholar Sun Meng couldn't help but sneered and said to the left and right:
"Youzhou suddenly has two thousand cavalry behind them, and you still want us to come back for reinforcements? I think they were frightened in the previous battle at Xingyang. Now even a moth thief can't stop them."
After a wave of ridicule, Shi Sunmeng blew the horn and began to gather troops.
At this time, the 20 soldiers behind him all took out their conchs and started to blow the rallying horn, and the nearby garrison troops who heard the horn rushed to Shisun Meng's place.
A moment later, Shi Sunmeng mobilized all his 800 cavalry and began to move around from the right side to the rear of the army.
A bloody battle has already raged there.
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More than a thousand fierce dragon warriors, led by a cavalry general carrying a yellow flag, attacked Youzhou's sudden cavalry.
The men and horses howled, their breath was like mist, and it was Qingzhou Qushuai Jisun who stood up in front of the thousands of troops.
At this time, he held high the apricot-yellow flag and ran wildly. His voice was like thunder, and he shouted:
"Revenge!"
Thousands of people behind them shouted:
"Revenge!"
Sacrifice to the Sun and roar:
"Revenge for my Taiping martyrs who died over the past few years!"
The rest of the crowd shouted:
"Revenge!"
Sacrifice your grandson and roar again:
"Revenge for my Li Shu, who has been whipped for hundreds of years!"
Thousands of yellow turban cavalrymen rushed to the top of their heads in anger, shouting:
"Revenge!"
Sun Ji's horse was galloping. He was still less than five hundred steps away from Youzhou's sudden cavalry, and he roared again:
"Revenge me for the injustice and humiliation I have brought to the world for thousands of years!"
At this time, thousands of people were holding their hands and shouting:
"Revenge~ah~"
"Revenge!"
Thousands of troops had their eyes cracked and their teeth cracked, and the horse in their hands seemed to be about to pierce the sky.
The Youzhou Tuqi on the opposite side had already started a countercharge when they charged.
They also burst out with shouts of killing, and then one of the four assault cavalry stepped forward to intercept Jisun and the others.
It was Gongsun Zan, the White Horse Colonel, who led the troops.
Just because he led his troops to leave first in the Battle of Xingyang, he lost the reputation of Youzhou's sudden cavalry. All the generals said that he would rely on this battle to regain the honor that Youzhou's sudden cavalry lost.
So Gongsun Zan took five hundred cavalry and started hedging.
Over there, the deputy commander-in-chief Zong Yuan had ordered the former military academy captain Cui Jun, the left military academy captain Gai Tong, and the right military academy captain Lu Jun to move directly to the right with 1,200 cavalry, preparing to directly attack Gongsun Zan when he and the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans attacked each other. Side strike to the opposite waist.
Youzhou Tuqi was truly skilled in tactics, and he directly cooperated to create a combination of left and right hands.
On the opposite side, Ji Sun, who was rushing at the front, had already seen the opponent's tactical intention, which was a typical frontier army's style of play. But at this time, Ji Sun no longer cares about these things.
All he wants now is to stick in, rush over, and disrupt the march on the other side.
After more than a hundred steps, the cavalry charged and arrived in the blink of an eye.
Later, the clan members behind the formation saw that the apricot-yellow flag didn't even stop after it hit Gongsun Zan's cavalry, and just kept moving forward.
In the blink of an eye, the large apricot-yellow flag on the opposite side rushed forward dozens of steps. It was truly a battle of thousands of troops, with men and horses overturned.
The clan member gritted his teeth and immediately ordered the other three troops to speed up, preparing to flank the waist of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Cavalry.
At this time, another tsunami erupted on the opposite side:
"He is handsome and brave!"
Then the thousands of troops on the opposite side drove their horses crazy, and then began to scatter.
Seeing this scene, the clan members shouted loudly and shouted bad things, but it was too late.
These Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had never thought of confronting them, and now they began to break into pieces, forming a small group of three or five people, and began to penetrate into the marching team at the rear along the thin seams of the battlefield.
In this scene, the clan members' scheduling was like hitting mosquitoes with a giant hammer, which seemed extremely ridiculous.
As the Qingzhou Yellow Turban cavalry began to penetrate into the Han army's marching column in the rear.
The Han military officials exclaimed and ordered all the troops to stop marching and form formations on the spot.
Because the danger of continuing the march was too high. At this time, none of the soldiers were wearing armor, and they didn't even have their bows strung. Once they were disrupted by a small number of cavalry, they could even cause a huge rout.
As a result, military orders sounded one after another:
"Stop and form an array."
"Stop, everyone will stand in formation."
……
The army stopped suddenly and had to put on armor from the carriage. Thousands of Han troops marching in the rear were in chaos. At this time, they did not collapse and could continue to carry out military orders. They were truly worthy of being the elite of the Han army.
This is the unexpectedness of war.
The Han army had a sure chance of victory under the calculation of the old commander Lu Zhi. But he never expected that the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans would gather all their cavalry to pursue them in a risky pursuit. Unexpectedly, the enemy directly penetrated with skirmishers from the opposite side, disrupting the retreating march of the Han army.
At this time, thousands of people in the rear of the Han army were forced to stop. Naturally, the remaining central and front lines could not sit idly by. So all three armies stopped and began to put on armor and form formations one after another, waiting for orders from the Chinese army.
In this way, Lu Zhi's previous temple was expected to win without a fight and went bankrupt.
The 15,000-strong Han army will ultimately win this battle with the sword in their hands.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Cavalrymen were scattered among the formations. They dug into any small gaps they saw, and bumped into the unformed formations when they saw them, causing the Han army to become more and more chaotic.
The chaos quickly spread to Lu Zhi of the Chinese Army.
Seeing the thieves cavalry wreaking havoc and his own side being slow and confused, Lu Zhi said angrily:
"What on earth is this Youzhou Cavalry doing? Can't these thieves stop them? Do you really think I don't dare to cut off one or two ribbons?"
Lu Zhi was furious, and all the staff in the car tried to persuade him, but Jushou among them said:
"Ming Gong temporarily calmed down the fury of thunder. These thieves cavalry can't overcome any waves. Now the formations are closing up one after another, and they have begun to compress the space of the enemy cavalry. In addition, the Tun cavalry and Yue cavalry have also arrived, and they will be able to defeat them soon. Strangled.”
Lu Zhi sighed, feeling a little regretful:
"I should distance myself a little further, but it's too close after all."
In fact, everyone present knew that if they didn't get closer, the Han army wouldn't be able to fish them out.
"Well, since this battle is inevitable, let's fight. The thousands of miles of frozen soil here should be the burial place of these moth thieves."
So, Lu Zhi was angry and ordered:
"Order Wei Jun soldiers, Zhao Guobing, and Changshan soldiers to deploy on the right wing. When the enemy infantry catches up, they will intercept first. Order Youzhou's sudden cavalry to destroy the thieves' cavalry here, and cooperate with the soldiers of the three counties to attack the thieves' infantry. Order Sheng Xiao Lieutenant No. 5 was deployed in the central army, and he ordered Wei Duan, the infantry colonel, to lead two thousand northwest caijun and arrange them on the left side of the Weijun soldiers to build a position together. "
After receiving this military order, seven guards immediately came outside the car to take the order and deliver the message.
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The total number of Qingzhou Yellow Turban cavalry is around 1,600. They are all horse thieves who roamed the Qingzhou area in the past. They are brave and not afraid of death.
At this time, most of them had separated from the team, and they began to harass the rear of the Han army in groups of twos and threes. This is also their strength.
Cavalry confrontation is not their specialty.
But there is still a cavalry group with about 500 riders following Ji Sun and continuing to attack. They are all from Jinan. They were trained in the tactics of Ji Sun's Northern Army. They are also the only cavalry regiment among the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans that can charge into battle.
At this time, in the first round of collision with Gongsun Zan's White Horse Cavalry, dozens of Qingzhou Yellow Turban Cavalry also fell off their horses. But they also broke through the blockade of the White Horse Cavalry.
There are only two things in cavalry warfare.
One is speed and the other is courage.
At this time, the speed and courage of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had reached their peak. After killing Gongsun Zan's cavalry, they directly attacked the clan members behind them.
The members of the sect were still standing under his canopy, looking at the thousands of horses galloping ahead and the brave warriors waving their arms and swaying in their hearts.
At this time, he suddenly saw an army of thieves coming towards him, with murderous intent so high that even the clouds in the sky were broken.
The clan members subconsciously had to run around to get out of the way.
But he suddenly saw the contempt in the eyes of the soldiers behind him.
The clan member was so embarrassed that his whole neck turned red. He waved his riding crop in embarrassment and roared:
"Crash over and show them who the hero is!"
hero?
The officials behind Zong Yuan were disdainful for a while, but they had already been ready to charge, waiting for Zong Yuan's words.
As a result, the remaining three hundred Youzhou Tuqi Central Military Headquarters began to speed up their horses, preparing to intercept this group of fish that had slipped through the net.
……
Sun Ji's armor was covered with blood, and three of the horsetails in his hands were broken.
At this time, he only had a ring-headed knife left in his hand. Under the roaring speed of the horse, petals of blood bloomed on the enemy's throat.
Ji Sun has no more thoughts to think about. The Huanshou Sword in his hand determines the life and death of the person under the sword, and also determines the survival path of their five hundred riders.
He shouted:
"Where are Xu He and Zhang Rao?" The cavalryman beside the grandson was Zhang Tai, a tycoon from Jinan, who was always guarding the grandson.
At this moment, when he heard Sun Ji's question, he stood up with one foot on the stirrup and looked back.
At first, there was a lot of noise, but it was far away and unclear. Zhang Tai couldn't see clearly yet.
But soon, a piece of yellow, no, a raging yellow tide came into view. Those are the countless yellow flags in the sky and the earth, and they are the roaring mountains and tsunami shouting for good luck in the world.
Zhang Tai was moved to tears and said to the sacrificial Sun:
"Qu Shuai, they are here, right behind."
Ji Sun laughed loudly, killed another person, then pointed his sword at a general not far away, and said boldly:
"Behead that officer, and we will return to the formation."
After saying that, Ji Sun quickly dodged the arrows shot from the opposite side.
The one who fired the arrow was the Han general on the opposite side.
Zhang Tai and others heard the order to sacrifice the sun and shouted:
"Behead this officer."
After saying that, Ji Sun took more than fifty cavalry and went straight towards the Han general to kill him.
……
The shouts shook the sky, and fighting filled the fields. The great Han Bei Zhonglang took Lu Zhi's helmet and armor, and got out of the ox cart, fully dressed.
He felt the howling of the north wind and couldn't help but wrap the cloak tightly around him.
Seeing the opportunity, Bian Jushou immediately approved another blouse for Lu Zhi, but Lu Zhi refused.
Lu Zhi asked the general Xianyu Yin:
"How's the war going?"
Xian Yuyin just gathered the military reports from each battalion and immediately replied:
"The war has made great progress. The enemy has poured into our ranks, about a thousand people, and each camp has captured more than 400 levels. The rest of the troops have been defeated, but they are also being chased by me on horseback. I believe they will be defeated soon. Annihilation.”
Seeing that Lu Zhi was still listening, Xian Yuyin started to say something slightly bad:
"But there is a group of thieves, about five hundred people, and they are still fighting hard. However, the deputy commander-in-chief has come to report that the enemy has been surrounded and is about to be annihilated."
"Also, the enemy's infantry has already caught up. At a glance, there are 40,000 of them."
At this time, Lu Zhi glared and cursed:
"Where did you learn the official accent? The most important thing is to be the first to say it. Do you understand the importance?"
Then asked directly:
"How far is the enemy from here, what is their formation, and have they engaged in battle?"
Xian Yuyin was taught this lesson and no longer dared to fool Lu Zhi with the official skills his brother had taught him, and replied directly:
"The thieves have already connected with the rear army. According to this, they are probably less than two miles away. However, neither army launched a general attack, so it is still a small-scale conflict."
Lu Zhi nodded, turned around and ordered a guard, saying:
"Go to the deputy commander and ask him to annihilate the thieves' cavalry, then prepare the Youzhou assault cavalry, and attack the infantry on the opposite side first. At this time, their cavalry is completely exhausted, and it is their Youzhou assault cavalry's strength in attacking."
The guard got the command arrow here and was about to mount his horse.
Not far away, there was the sound of horse hooves, and a sentry horse came in panic.
Before the horse stopped, the knight had already rolled off his saddle and reported to Lu Zhi in a panic:
"Commander, the deputy commander is dead."
Lu Zhi's hands trembled, his eyes widened, and he asked:
"Didn't you just say that you are going to kill the thieves? How did you die? Tell me!"
The sentry horse immediately said:
"The thieves broke through the White Horse captain's defense line and attacked directly towards the deputy commander's headquarters. The deputy commander fought bravely and led his brothers to counterattack. Unfortunately, he was beheaded by the thief general."
After saying that, the sentry horse just whimpered and cried loudly.
Lu Zhi was so angry that he lost his riding whip and said with hatred:
"Don't you know how to get out of the way of this sect member? He is a handsome man, not a barbarian. He should lead by example."
As soon as these words came out, the sentry horse couldn't help but tremble, obviously thinking of the way the military officials looked at the clan members before.
Lu Zhi asked again:
"Then who is in charge of the Youzhou Assault Cavalry now, and what is the situation with the thief general now?"
The sentry horse said hurriedly:
"The person in charge now is Cui Sima of the former army. As for the thief general, after beheading the deputy commander, he took his troops and retreated to the thief formation in the rear."
Lu Zhi was so angry that the famous Youzhou Tuqi allowed people to come and go as they pleased. But he endured it. He took a staff and gave it to the sentry horse, saying:
"Since Cui Sima is in charge, give him my scepter and let him control the Youzhou sudden cavalry."
The sentry horse respectfully took it and was about to leave when Lu Zhi asked again:
"What's your name?"
The sentry horse got excited and fell to his knees, reporting:
"Humble position, Yan Rou."
"Very good, Yan Rou. After you give the scepter, order Cui Sima to assemble the Youzhou sudden cavalry. Then wait for my military order and don't act without authorization."
"Here!"
Later, the sentry horse named Yan Rou rode back to the army with the staff and went to Cui Jun to give orders.
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Guanghe six years, November 12th.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans conducted their final review in front of the Han army's front line.
Jisun had already returned to the main formation with his cavalry and began to take over and support the command of the entire army.
However, there were less than half of the 1,500 riders who set out when they returned. Hundreds of people died in exchange for this decisive battle.
At this time, in this open land, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans formed five huge square formations.
The two huge phalanxes at the front are Zhang Rao's main Yellow Turban force from Pingyuan County and Xu He's main Yellow Turban force from Le'an Kingdom. As for the last three formations, they are all Jinan Yellow Turbans.
Previously, Xu He had already led his troops to conduct a tentative attack on the Han army in front.
What they attacked was the Infantry School Lieutenant Department of the Five Divisions of the Northern Army. Its large pillars are like a forest and a wall, like a Great Wall of flesh and blood.
This time, Xu He and others knew how strong this army was.
At this time, the sun rose to its highest point, and the red light shone on the frozen soil, giving the humans below the warmest moment of the day.
The officers and soldiers in the front row of the Han army looked at the huge phalanx on the opposite side, and their vision suddenly became blurred. Some experienced military officers immediately understood what was going on.
This is the consequence of not eating.
At this time, they were shocked to realize that they had not eaten a drop of food since leaving the camp in the morning. This physical condition obviously affects morale.
Soon, military officials went to report to the rear, and then asked the men to start eating something as soon as possible. Just eat whatever's in your bag.
But what can we eat in such a hurry? Instead, the soldiers were panicked.
Suddenly, a large herd of elk ran across the open land.
Sun Meng, a lieutenant of the Tun Cavalry School who was deployed on the left wing of the Han army, suddenly thought about it, hurriedly raised his horn and started to mobilize. After that, friendly forces in other places discovered that the Cavalry Department had taken action without any orders.
Shi Sunmeng and his cavalry began to shoot at the group of elk and chase them.
Both the enemy and ourselves looked at Shisun Meng's actions in confusion. They didn't know what they meant. They saw that Shi Sunmeng had driven the elk herd to the upper right corner of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.
It turned out that those elk were panicking and were about to flee towards the Xu He tribe of Qingzhou Yellow Turban.
At this moment, Xu He's alarm bell rang loudly.
In the formation, Xu He shouted orders:
"The shooters are shooting at the elk, and they must not be allowed to collide with the formation."
Soon, Xu He's formation began to project a heavy rain of arrows, covering the elk herd.
The elk were hit by the arrows, and most of them were nailed to the frozen soil. A few rushed past and ran towards Xu He's formation.
Xu He did not need to give an order at this time. The military officials in front of the Yellow Turban Formation in Le'an had already ordered:
"Get up."
The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans learned the formation of troops from the Taishan Yellow Turbans. Regardless of the spirit, this style is the same as what they learned.
This step is all about lengthening the spear. Once it is put down at this time, the whole thing is like a hedgehog.
Although animals are not intelligent, they still have spirits.
When these elk saw those sharp spikes, they moved away from their wings.
But this time around, the Han army's cavalry was revealed behind.
Just like that, Si Sun saw this scene on the high platform of the Chinese army in the distance.
On the blurry horizon, herds of elk are being slaughtered.
On the gray-black frozen soil, they howled and fell to the ground like blocks of color. But suddenly, a torrent pumped out from the slits of these color blocks, and then it was like a red arrow inserted into the upper right corner of the Le'an Yellow Turban Formation.
Then, a piece of the upper right corner of the Yellow Turban Formation began to collapse. The red arrows scattered into countless red dots and scattered in all directions.
Right in front of Sun Ji, opposite the Le'an Yellow Turbans, the Northern Army's infantry camp also began to press over.
In this way, the war broke out when neither the Han army nor the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were prepared.
(End of chapter)